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The Nur

9,168 posts

184 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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Faust66 said:
It adds a certain 'something' to a journey if you're not 100% you'll make it to your destination; long journeys are far more satisfying if you’ve made it in an old car. Bonus points should be awarded if you break down, fix it yourself and STILL arrive ahead of people doing the same trip in modern machinery.

In fact I have a theory about why people play 'fuel light bingo': clearly we all secretly crave the excitement of not knowing if we’ll make it to our destination. The reliability (in principle) of modern cars is such that people miss breaking down and want that thrill of anticipation that can only come from a breakdown truck pulling up to your stricken car!

That said, I’m quite fond of the "it's an old car, of course it's broken down” excuse to avoid engagements you don't want to attend – works rather well at ghastly family get-togethers around the Xmas period... laugh
Every single word of this is the absolute truth. Fuel light bingo is my favourite game and I have used the broken car excuse on a lot more than one occasion.

uncinquesei

917 posts

176 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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Breadvan72 said:
I ran a 1970 Jensen Interceptor as a daily driver for a year. My current daily car is a 1983 Matra Murena.
I saw a red Matra Murena on Friday! First I've seen in years, shortly before that I saw a yellow mk 1 Fiesta supersport. I am in Swansea mind so new/old it's all relative.... smile

The Nur

9,168 posts

184 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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uncinquesei said:
I saw a red Matra Murena on Friday! First I've seen in years, shortly before that I saw a yellow mk 1 Fiesta supersport. I am in Swansea mind so new/old it's all relative.... smile
Did you see the Matra opposite Verdi's?

Noesph

1,148 posts

148 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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2000 (12 year old) 106, so not that really that old. But there was a bloke that I used to work with till he retired about 2 years ago who use to drive a 1972 BMW 3.0CS coupe. But he was a toolmaker, so I think the car might have been more Wimbledon than Bavarian.....

Vixpy1

42,620 posts

263 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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1998 840Ci with 215K
1992 Legacy turbo with 107K

vit4

3,507 posts

169 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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1990 Vauxhall Astra - 111k. 1988 Ford Escort - 57k. Not as old as some but older than the very vast majority of cars I see frown

iPlod999

368 posts

143 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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My daily driver.

Will be 20 years old this month with 90,000 miles on the clock.



It will go into 100,000 miles some time late next year. smile

HustleRussell

24,602 posts

159 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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I upgraded from a 2003 TDCI Mondeo to a 1996 BMW 525i. Comparatively old but over the winter I intend to give it a thorough service, tighten up the handling and bring the bodywork up to scratch. Once I've done that I'll be very satisfied that I have a relatively simple-to-fix, retro-ish looking, reliable and practical car which will not depreciate and will not threaten me with four-figure repair bills like the modern common-rail turbo diesel Mondeo did.

Chicane-UK

3,861 posts

184 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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Not the oldest by any stretch, but in terms of mileage pretty good - my old Corrado 2.0 16v had 197,000 miles on the clock when I sold it and it ran absolutely fine.

My VR6 which was also being used daily after the 16v went now had 184,000 on it and again runs beautifully. It's all about preventative maintenance!

80quattro

1,724 posts

194 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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1987 M535i almost daily, 152,000 miles

A mate of mine has a '97 Audi A6 Avant 2.5TDi 140 with about 320,000 miles on its original engine/box/turbo. Its his only car, drives it every day!

Hasbeen

2,073 posts

220 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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My 1980 Triumph TR7 has been my daily driver for 11 years, & 66,000Km, & still no rust.
For christmas I gave it an air conditioning unit rebuilt out of a wreck, as a long service
bonus, & a second new paint job, when I counted over 100 paint chips & a few door dings.

My 1979 TR8 is back up daily driver, weekend warrior, & has 18,000Km in 7 years.

DHE

4,505 posts

189 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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There are couple near me who appear to be stuck in a time warp. Both dress every day as though it is the 60's, she drives a Morris Minor and he uses a Scimitar GTE.

Baz Tench

5,648 posts

189 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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uncinquesei said:
I saw a red Matra Murena on Friday! First I've seen in years, shortly before that I saw a yellow mk 1 Fiesta supersport. I am in Swansea mind so new/old it's all relative.... smile
Ford made the Fiesta Sport in yellow, but not the SuperSport iirc nerd

Number 5

2,748 posts

194 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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T16OLE said:
sparks_E39 said:
1999 E39 on 147k, not as old as some on here but well over the mileage mark where Joe Public thinks it should of exploded.
Agreed...2001 330ci 162k.

I`d also be interested to see the highest mileage daily (commercials not included)
My brother in law is driving his 320,000 Mercedes C240 (2001) as his daily driver, still on the same engine, it drives well!

AlexiusG55

655 posts

155 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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My mother has a 1971 FIAT 500 as a daily, though there's my dad's (modern) car in the family as well. To be fair, the 500 has quite a lot of usability modifications- engine swap for a 650cc engine from a 126, different gearbox with synchromesh, etc.

My 1965 Volvo 544 Sport is daily-driven but only in the summer.

AtticusFinch

26,957 posts

182 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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I'm pressing my Alpine into a daily (1967). Company Audi now gone back hehe


sawman

4,915 posts

229 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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I have been using my 1988 morgan 4/4 as a daily driver for most of the last 3 years covering about 35k miles in the process.

my employer is trying to get me into a lease car, one of the reasons they are using is reliability, but over the last few weeks all the cars I have seen stranded at the side of the road have been less than 5 years old.

Huntsman

8,028 posts

249 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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I've been using my 1983 BMW E28 as a daily driver for just over a year, 17k miles without a hitch.

davepoth

29,395 posts

198 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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I used a 1976 Dolomite Sprint with what I'm pretty sure was actually 198,000 miles on the clock as a daily for a couple of years until I took it off the road to restore it. It was a bit grumpy in the cold (5 minutes running on three was fairly annoying every morning, but it did sound a bit like a 911) and as they can be a little temperature sensitive in traffic, I used to leave the heater off in the winter to keep the engine warm, and on in the summer to keep the engine cool. On a good day, my urban commute was good for 17mpg.

For all of that, the pleasure of booting it around every roundabout on the journey made it entirely worthwhile. biggrin

woody155

26 posts

138 months

Monday 1st October 2012
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my 99 vectra b 1.8 has got just shy of 170000 on the clock did a 1500 mile road trip in august including lapping the ring and flat out on the autobahns for long distances never missed a beat and used daily back home